Founding Head of Talent

Magic; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Lunch daily in NYC

Unlimited PTO

Equity

Job summary

Magic is seeking its first Head of Talent to own end-to-end hiring for dozens of roles across engineering, design, and GTM. You will run high-touch processes, debriefs, and references, while shaping our brand and recruiting events in NYC.

This is a unique chance to build a team from the ground up with strong agency partnerships and a data-driven approach. Ideal candidates have full-cycle startup recruiting experience, can hire across engineering and GTM, and excel at outbound sourcing.

Qualifications

• Full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally at a startup.
• Experience hiring both engineering and GTM roles.
• Outbound sourcing experience.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills.
• Experience with AI-native tooling and process.
• Being the first talent hire at a company is a big plus.
• High agency and networking mindset; non-traditional backgrounds welcome.

Responsibilities

• Run a high-touch hiring process, including scheduling, debriefs, and references.
• Manage hiring brand and recruiting events.
• Partner with hiring managers.
• Source candidates via outbound and referrals.
• Work with recruiting agencies.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Outbound sourcing

Hiring manager partnership

Employer branding

Networking and agency relations

AI-native tooling

Job description

We’re looking for our first Head of Talent. We’re planning to hire dozens of people next year across engineering, design, and GTM, and we want someone to own that hiring end to end.

What you’ll do

• Run a high-touch hiring process, including scheduling, debriefs, and references

• Manage our hiring brand and recruiting events (our most recent one was a magic show!)

• Partner with hiring managers

• Source candidates via outbound and referrals

• Work with our recruiting agencies

Background

• Full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally at a startup

• Experience hiring both engineering and GTM roles

• Outbound sourcing experience

• Strong organizational and follow-up skills

• Experience with AI-native tooling and process

• Being the first talent hire at a company is a big plus

• High agency and always networking. Non-traditional backgrounds (founders, VC, events) welcome.

The offer

• Salary range $140,000-$180,000 and equity

• We work in person 5 days a week in our SoHo office

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and all your dependents (FSA and HSA plans available)

• Lunch daily from the best restaurants in NYC; you choose all the restaurants your first week

• Unlimited PTO